Azure Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 17 13
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 164 70 54
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 14.67% 10.97% 12.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 39.33% 34.83% 37.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 53 39
10th Percentile £394 £302 £370
25th Percentile £447 £350 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £450 £535
Median % change year-on-year +15.33% -15.89% -10.31%
75th Percentile £600 £541 £622
90th Percentile £675 £600 £646
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £507
% change year-on-year +5.26% -6.31% -7.82%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South Yorkshire

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 417 201 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 37.30% 31.50% 32.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 150 95
10th Percentile £353 £280 £270
25th Percentile £445 £358 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £473 £515
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.25% -13.15%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £589
90th Percentile £675 £601 £642
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.26%
75th Percentile - - £22.00
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £200.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -90.50% +830.23% +1.15%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Azure job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in South Yorkshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield +9 158 £521 +15.78% 73
Doncaster -6 1 - - 14
Azure
Yorkshire

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 14 (8.54%) Confluence
2 13 (7.93%) Apache Spark
3 9 (5.49%) SharePoint
4 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (3.66%) Apache
6 4 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (2.44%) Apache Superset
7 2 (1.22%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 81 (49.39%) AWS
2 71 (43.29%) GCP
3 34 (20.73%) GitHub
4 30 (18.29%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (13.41%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (12.80%) Entra ID
7 15 (9.15%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (7.93%) Power Platform
9 9 (5.49%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (4.88%) Serverless
11 7 (4.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (3.66%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (3.05%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (3.05%) Azure Storage
13 5 (3.05%) OpenShift
14 4 (2.44%) Azure Databricks
14 4 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
14 4 (2.44%) LangSmith
14 4 (2.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.54%) Network Security
2 12 (7.32%) DNS
3 10 (6.10%) Firewall
4 4 (2.44%) VPN
5 3 (1.83%) Kerberos
5 3 (1.83%) NAS
5 3 (1.83%) SAN
6 2 (1.22%) LAN
6 2 (1.22%) Multicast
6 2 (1.22%) VSAN
6 2 (1.22%) WAN
7 1 (0.61%) DHCP
7 1 (0.61%) Intranet
7 1 (0.61%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.61%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.54%) Big Data
2 12 (7.32%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.10%) Power BI
4 9 (5.49%) Data Lake
5 7 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (3.05%) Neo4j
7 5 (3.05%) Redis
8 4 (2.44%) Metadata
8 4 (2.44%) Relational Database
8 4 (2.44%) Trino
9 3 (1.83%) Delta Lake
9 3 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.83%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.22%) Flink
10 2 (1.22%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.61%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.61%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 35 (21.34%) Jenkins
2 22 (13.41%) JIRA
3 13 (7.93%) Git
4 8 (4.88%) GitLab
4 8 (4.88%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (2.44%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.83%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (1.83%) Fiddler
7 2 (1.22%) Claude Code
7 2 (1.22%) Gatling
7 2 (1.22%) JMeter
7 2 (1.22%) Maven
7 2 (1.22%) MSBuild
7 2 (1.22%) Postman
7 2 (1.22%) Selenium
7 2 (1.22%) Terragrunt
7 2 (1.22%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.61%) Gradle
8 1 (0.61%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.61%) SoapUI
General
1 62 (37.80%) Finance
1 62 (37.80%) Social Skills
2 20 (12.20%) Banking
3 16 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.49%) Financial Institution
5 6 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.05%) Law
7 3 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.83%) Legal
7 3 (1.83%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.22%) Billing
9 1 (0.61%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (17.07%) Lead
2 23 (14.02%) DevOps Engineer
3 22 (13.41%) Architect
4 12 (7.32%) Developer
5 10 (6.10%) Platform Engineer
6 9 (5.49%) Consultant
6 9 (5.49%) Security Engineer
7 8 (4.88%) Azure Engineer
7 8 (4.88%) Cloud Architect
7 8 (4.88%) Senior
7 8 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.27%) Analyst
8 7 (4.27%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (4.27%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 7 (4.27%) Data Engineer
8 7 (4.27%) Lead DevOps
8 7 (4.27%) Lead DevOps Engineer
9 6 (3.66%) .NET Developer
9 6 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.66%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (30.49%) Terraform
2 23 (14.02%) REST
3 16 (9.76%) Kafka
4 13 (7.93%) .NET
5 12 (7.32%) OAuth
6 10 (6.10%) OpenID
7 9 (5.49%) ASP.NET
7 9 (5.49%) React
7 9 (5.49%) SailPoint
8 8 (4.88%) AngularJS
8 8 (4.88%) JSON
8 8 (4.88%) OAuth2
8 8 (4.88%) SAML
8 8 (4.88%) Spring
8 8 (4.88%) Spring Boot
9 7 (4.27%) .NET Core
9 7 (4.27%) Web Services
10 6 (3.66%) FIDO
11 5 (3.05%) LDAP
11 5 (3.05%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 34 (20.73%) Cloud Native
2 18 (10.98%) Data Protection Act
2 18 (10.98%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (7.32%) Onboarding
4 11 (6.71%) Data Centre
5 10 (6.10%) AI Agents
6 6 (3.66%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (3.66%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (3.05%) Public Cloud
7 5 (3.05%) Replication
7 5 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.44%) Autonomous Agent
8 4 (2.44%) Enterprise Storage
8 4 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.44%) PKI
9 3 (1.83%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (1.83%) EMC VMAX
9 3 (1.83%) EMC VNX
9 3 (1.83%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.83%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.15%) Linux
1 15 (9.15%) Windows
2 13 (7.93%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.83%) AIX
3 3 (1.83%) Android
3 3 (1.83%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.83%) Data ONTAP
4 2 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.61%) CoreOS
5 1 (0.61%) Unix
5 1 (0.61%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (52.44%) CI/CD
2 82 (50.00%) DevOps
3 58 (35.37%) Cybersecurity
4 45 (27.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 41 (25.00%) Observability
6 35 (21.34%) AI
7 34 (20.73%) Platform Engineering
8 33 (20.12%) DevSecOps
9 32 (19.51%) Analytics
10 31 (18.90%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (15.85%) Agile
12 25 (15.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (14.63%) Microservices
14 23 (14.02%) Software Engineering
15 22 (13.41%) Cloud Security
16 21 (12.80%) Data Engineering
16 21 (12.80%) Identity Access Management
16 21 (12.80%) RBAC
16 21 (12.80%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 56 (34.15%) Python
2 38 (23.17%) Java
3 30 (18.29%) SQL
4 26 (15.85%) PowerShell
5 12 (7.32%) C#
6 10 (6.10%) Bash
7 9 (5.49%) Shell Script
8 8 (4.88%) Bicep
9 7 (4.27%) Groovy
10 6 (3.66%) JavaScript
11 4 (2.44%) Kotlin
11 4 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (1.83%) TypeScript
13 2 (1.22%) Go
14 1 (0.61%) C
14 1 (0.61%) Cypher
14 1 (0.61%) Scala
Qualifications
1 12 (7.32%) Degree
2 10 (6.10%) AWS Certification
3 9 (5.49%) Azure Certification
3 9 (5.49%) CISSP
4 7 (4.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 7 (4.27%) CCSP
4 7 (4.27%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (4.27%) CISM
5 6 (3.66%) CCSK
6 5 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.83%) NCDA
8 3 (1.83%) NCIE
9 2 (1.22%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.22%) PMP
9 2 (1.22%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.61%) CISA
10 1 (0.61%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.49%) QA
2 8 (4.88%) NIST
3 6 (3.66%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.83%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.83%) GRC
4 3 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.22%) GDPR
5 2 (1.22%) PMO
6 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.61%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (19.51%) Docker
2 28 (17.07%) Active Directory
3 9 (5.49%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (4.27%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.83%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 3 (1.83%) SRDF
5 3 (1.83%) vSphere
6 2 (1.22%) NFS
6 2 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.61%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.61%) Ceph
7 1 (0.61%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.61%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 59 (35.98%) Kubernetes
2 22 (13.41%) Ansible
3 14 (8.54%) Prometheus
4 13 (7.93%) Grafana
5 7 (4.27%) Kustomize
5 7 (4.27%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (1.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.83%) Argo
7 3 (1.83%) EMC VPLEX
7 3 (1.83%) Packer
7 3 (1.83%) SnapMirror
7 3 (1.83%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.22%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.22%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.22%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.22%) SnapVault
9 1 (0.61%) QRadar
9 1 (0.61%) WMI
Vendors
1 53 (32.32%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.98%) Databricks
3 9 (5.49%) CyberArk
4 8 (4.88%) Google
5 7 (4.27%) OpenAI
5 7 (4.27%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.27%) Splunk
5 7 (4.27%) VMware
6 6 (3.66%) Centrify
6 6 (3.66%) Cisco
7 5 (3.05%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.44%) Okta
8 4 (2.44%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.44%) Veeam
9 3 (1.83%) 3PAR
9 3 (1.83%) Brocade
9 3 (1.83%) Dell
9 3 (1.83%) EMC
9 3 (1.83%) IBM
9 3 (1.83%) NetApp